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Yes, finally, it is no longer to be red anymore - just pink now and wound seems start to close.

You are funny guy. I think lottery usually cost few dollars so she would lose the money if she win $1.

Oh wow, it was awful, my family warned me if there is a lot of bleeding so may need to surgery again to fix it, that's scary for sure. Important, just follow Post OP instruction to reduce the risk of complication.

Hi all, I went to see ENT today and the doctor told me that most of my incision healed nicely, except on bottom and corner due to low blood supply so doctor had to removed the slitches because it wasn't dissolved and ordered me to apply ointment to seal the bottom and corner off until it is...

Is it good idea for CI users to do mapping on their own computer at home instead of traveling to audiologist's office? You can mess with setting whichever works well.

It take some time for brain to adapt the new CI sounds.

Interesting...

In Alabama, it is standard procedure to install gas furnace for nearly all houses for over 100 years, even natural gas pipes are easily available in rural area on US routes as well, however houses in remote area usually use propane tank instead. Some deaf people complained that they can't hear...

I believe that insurance usually pay in full for speech therapy and rehab, I think so, but they may changed. Have you tried to turn the volume down? That's happened to me when I got first CI in 1996 and the volume on TV was too loud so I turned most to down but my sister complained that she...

Ouch, I thought that you had wife or older children to do it, so my bad. I'm sorry that you were attacked by members on this forum over CI and I wasn't involved at all. I stopped attack on people who made a choice with CI in 2008, so it is their choice to get CI, not me, however I only debated...

It looks like you may need to reschedule the surgery after issue with insurance has been resolved, also you must be 100% sure that you want CI in left ear - it should be final in days before surgery day, so you can't change your mind about switch to right ear on surgery day.

I can't post in CI/HA section because I didn't get CI replacement, so it was complete explantation, including electrode array from cochlea. 3 days after surgery 18 days after surgery The permanent scar from CI surgery in 1996. In 1996 - there were 2 incisions - on scalp and behind the...

Oh wow, that's fast, it took 95 minutes to remove the CI and electrode array from my head and it was older CI model, so I think latest N24 is much easier to remove than N22. My ENT told me if I want to replace with newer N24 so it will add 3 hours to surgery. It was at university hospital, so I...

Have you consider to find a speech therapy? They may help you to adapt with sounds from CI.

Ouch, that happens, for example, even if I ask doctor to change my mind to replace with N24 implant on surgery day that supposed to remove the implant completely with no replacement, so the surgery will be cancelled instantly because they don't have insurance authorization for re-implant with...

Yes, PCB is losing the own culture after real estate boom, along with expensive condos and houses, even Destin has same issue. In 25 years ago, 3 nights stay gonna cost less than $300 but now, it is over $1,000.